WhAT A vIEW: A boulder near the peak has a great view over Queen’s reach, if only it could appreciate it.
The Self-Propelled Outdoor Club started as two mountaineers who decided to make travelling into and back from the mountains part of the adventure. Our club is a group of people who travel under their own power from home to the summit of local peaks and back home. This means that cars, ferries and even sailboats are not officially allowed on sanctioned SPOC trips. The world can be divided into those who understand that travelling under their own power from home and back makes a better trip, and those who can’t see the appeal of making a journey longer and harder. Our feeling is that the quality of the trip is significantly increased, even if the quantity of trips is necessarily reduced. One way of trying to explain why being self-propelled is more fulfilling is to imagine being teleported from your front yard to the summit of, say, Bear-
ThE RIDE hOME: tired, but euphoric, on the long ride down, Jason Addy and tom Fortington find the going easier when they hit the pavement.
tooth Mountain for a half hour view, only to be beamed back home. Our club is the illogical extension of the idea that the more effort it takes to attain a goal, the more rewarding the goal and the more complete the adventure. edward Abbey wrote that, “A journey into the wilderness is the freest, cheapest, most non-privileged of pleasures.” SPOC trips embody this quality. And the great news for us Powell Riverites is that the wilderness is very close and a bicycle or kayak, sturdy foot wear, and some food will take you to incredible places.
About SPOC TOuGh LIFE: this gnarly, and increasingly rare, old-growth cedar has endured decades of the rugged life of the high country on the slopes of Mount Diadem.
For more information about SPoC, check out their website at www.selfpropelledoutdoorclub.com or call Jason Addy at 604 487-0807.
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